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this is fox 5 news at 10:00. we are following a big story out of texas tonight after an american hero and former navy seal is gunned down and killed. the man charged in his death, a
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fellow soldier. >> and the community honors one of their own with a super bowl bash to benefit a man who lost everything in a deadly house fire. >> thanks for joining us tonight. i'm laura evans. >> i'm maureen umeh. we'll get to those stories in a moment, but first the beginning of the workweek could bring more winter weather, but how long will it last? let's head over to fox 5's gwen tolbart in the weather center for more. >> we've got really cold conditions sticking around and another chance for snow. let's take a look at radar. a few light flurries pushing their way cross the area tonight, not a lot to be too concerned with. we'll have a little change in the beginning of the workweek. let's go to our weather maps and look at our satellite and radar composite. we've got a lot of clouds and some of that quick moving snow there are tryst pushing its way across the area -- snow
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activity still pushing its way across the area. there is a winter storm warning for areas along the allegheny front, grant and pendleton counties expecting to see 4 to 8 inches of snow with gusty winds. now we anticipate winds gusting up to 35 miles per hour. current temperatures in the 30s, only 24 degrees. those winds will pick up into the overnight hours. we'll see mostly clear skies. it will be cold, but the good news in the seven-day forecast, i've got some warmer days ahead. i'll share that with you later on in my full forecast and a look at that snow as well. d.c. police are looking for the person who stabbed a man to death in northwest this weekend. a relative found 68-year-old howard venable jr. unresponsive in his apartment on fuller street saturday. as fox 5's audrey barnes tells us, neighbors are on edge while police search for the killer.
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>> reporter: the apartment complex on fuller street northwest seemed secure. you have to be buzzed in and there are security cameras but it wasn't enough to protect 68- year-old howard venable jr. a relative found him on the floor inside his apartment saturday. police say he'd been stabbed to death. >> it's not the first time something happened here, but i was very shocked it happened in this building. they even have cameras. >> reporter: neighbors a venable lived in the building more than 15 years, first with his wife until she died and more recently he's been taking care of his young granddaughter walking her to the school next- door. craig gatlin lives two doors down from mr. venable and has known him practically all his life. >> he's a good guy, you know. he looked out for the kids, treat us good. that was it. >> reporter: venable is quoted in the apartment's newsletter about how happy he was to live there. god blessed me when i left home he wrote. coming here where i didn't know a soul and giving me a job and place to stay right away.
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the residents i talked with said they always considered this a very safe building, but now after this they are taking their safety a lot more seriously. >> keep my doors locked and keep looking through the peep hole who is coming in my house in the building. >> reporter: there's a $25,000 reward for information that helps police catch howard venable's killer. audrey barnes, fox 5 news. another big story tonight, an american hero dead, his suspected killer in custody. authorities say former navy seal chris kyle was gunned down along with another man at a gun range in texas. >> reporter: former navy seal chris kyle hoping a day at a shooting range would bring some relief to a fellow soldier suffering from the wounds of war shot and killed saturday with his close friend and neighbor chat littlefield. the three went to the range together. 25-year-old eddie ray ruth is now facing murder charges.
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police say the former marine turned his weapon on kyle and littlefield before using kyle's pickup truck as his get-away car. >> the suspect left and drove to mid loathian where he went to his sister's home and told them what had he done. >> reporter: back at the lodge a sprawling range about 50 miles southwest of fort worth a hunting guide found the two bodies. >> it's believed the victims were shot around 3:30 p.m. approximately 5:21 p.m. there was 911 call. >> reporter: police tracked ruth down, but he led them on a brief high speed chase, cops forced to use spike sticks to stop him. >> he starts up the truck and rushes down the road and they take off after him. >> reporter: an automatic handgun was recovered at ruth's home. ruth was a decorated corporal in the marines who was deployed to iraq in 2007 and served in haiti in 2010. he's being held on $3 million
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bond and is being held on suicide watch. >> he's segregated in a cell alone and yes, someone like this will be watched. >> reporter: kyle wrote the best selling autobiography american sniper detailing his 150 plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009. he also helped create a nonprofit foundation that helped soldiers recover from post-traumatic stress syndrome. known to take fellow veterans shooting as a form of therapy. we are continuing to follow the hostage situation in alabama as it stretches into its sixth day. visitors are still working with a man who they say shot a bus drive and took a 5-year-old child -- driver and took a 5- year-old child inside a homemade bunker. fox's craig boswell joins us with the latest from midland city. >> reporter: 5-year-old boy spends another night captive in a homemade bunker. this town said good-bye and
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remembered the bus driver they call a hero. >> he'll be missed by the town, especially by his family, of course, but by the town and all the school kids just loved mr. poland. >> reporter: an outpouring of support for charles chuck poland jr. shot to death last tuesday while trying to save his busload of children. >> i definitely don't think there's anything bad that you can think about him. he put his life before his kids that were on the bus. >> reporter: poland is described as a selfless individual, loving husband and hero for his act of bravery. >> he really cared for kids. >> he cared for everybody, not just kids. he was everybody's person. >> i'm just glad that i got to know him and be part of his life for a while. >> reporter: the community is coming to terms with the senseless tragedy and an ongoing hostage negotiation involving 5-year-old little boy's life. he remains barricaded in an underground bunker with jimmy lee dykes the suspect as the
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standoff has stretched into its sixth day. negotiators say the suspect again allowing items to be basically dropped into this bunker through that ventilation hole including medicine, some food and some toys, specifically today a red hot wheels car doing anything they can to try to keep this 5-year- old the boy as calm as possible. >> hot wheels car you mentioned there, craig. what else happened between police and dykes today? did they veal anything about what was said in -- reveal anything about what was said in any of the conversations? >> reporter: no. they will not characterize the conversations, just saying they are ongoing. i'm not even sure they called them negotiations at this point. they're just trying to keep the lines of communication open. remember, a day or so ago we heard the little boy is crying asking for his mother and grandparents or at least they're hearing this child and they're able to talk to the child as well and that's key. that's why they keep telling us
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he remains physically unharmed at this point. >> i understand we're learning a little more about the suspect. what have you learned about him today? >> reporter: right. looking back into his background in vietnam, from '64 to '69, was decorated actually that the point but then had moved out of alabama, moved back a couple years and the last couple years has really had a rough times with his neighbors, has threatened his neighbors. his neighbors call him paranoid, someone who is anti- government, kind of a survivalist, so definitely a hard time getting along with his neighbors. >> i understand we don't have a motive for why he allegedly did all this. craig boswell, thank you. >> reporter: that's the big question. >> we'll continue to follow that. thanks very much, craig. coming up on the news at 10:00 tonight super bowl was more than a big game. for one community it was about helping a man who lost everything in a tragic house
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fire, the special fundraiser to help him get back on his feet and honor his family. >> plus an exclusive interview with an eyewitness to drake hostage situation that unfolded -- drake hostage situation that unfolded live on -- a dramatic hostage situation that unfolded live on tv. the news returns in moments. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios
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the fire that killed a galludet professor and her teenage daughter was a heartbreaking loss for her son and other members at the school's deaf community. everything he owned was consumed by the night a super b fundraiser was held in his honor at a barrow street. fox 5's karen gray houston -- at a bar on u street. fox 5's karen gray houston was there. >> reporter: it wasn't so much about the ravens or 49ers. the super bowl watch street at the u street tavern was about doing something good for jimmy gardner. his mother lawyer snyder gardner was a math procedure --
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laura snyder gardner was a math teacher and his sister was a student at the high school there. both were killed when a devastating fire swept through their falls church home january 23rd. jimmy's friends talked to us through a sign language interpreter. >> he didn't happen to be there that night, so with the fire he's lost everything including his family and his belongings. >> reporter: they circulated a list of prizes at the bar to encourage other patrons to take part in the raffle. the prizes were pretty nifty including tickets to wizards and capitals game. raffle tickets were three for $5. >> we hope to raise enough funds to support jimmy and get him on his feet. >> reporter: there's a lot of love for jimmy to go around from friends who can't imagine what it's like to lose absolutely everything. >> he's a wonderful person. he's very energetic. he's involved in a lot of things in college, very friendly. >> reporter: now he's in mourning with no place to call home. he's been staying with friends and spoke to fox 5 after the
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fire. >> my mom was an amazing person. she was a brilliant well educated person. never gave up. she was always working so closely with all of her students. >> reporter: jimmy couldn't make it to the fundraiser. he was in florida for a memorial service for his mother who once taught in st. augustine on the the florida school for the deaf and blind. jimmy's friends are hoping this raffle and fundraiser will give him a new start. in northwest karen gray houston, fox 5 news. crews battling a massive house fire in bowie, firefighters responding to the scene on kingsfield line. flames could be seen shooting from the second floor roof. one firefighter was injured and transported to the hospital. a fire broke out at a strip mall in gaithersburg. the fire was put out quickly and no injuries were reported.
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34 people injured after a bus crashes into an overpass saturday night in boston. the bus carried 42 people including high school students and adults on their way home from a visit to harvard university. some made it out unharmed but say it was chaos. many had haired time describing what happened because they were still in -- a hard time describing what happened because they were still in shock. >> we went over a bridge and everybody was screaming. i don't even remember what happened. >> officials say the driver may have not seen a sign indicating the bus would not fit under the overpass. still ahead two years after a dramatic standoff between a bank robber and police a bank employee opens up for the first time about the incident in a fox 5 exclusive interview. >> it's not a plane or helicopter. they are huge aircrafts that will soon occupy the skies above d.c. next when we return. i got it when we could download an hd movie in like two minutes.
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it was a dramatic hostage
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situation that unfolded live on our air two years ago. bank employees caught in the middle of a tense standoff between a robber and police. >> now one of those employees is sharing her story for the very first time. she sat down with fox 5's lauren demarco for an exclusive interview. [ sirens ] >> i'm hearing gunfire. let's lock those doors. we need to lock those doors. >> reporter: the live coverage was terrifying, a gunman holding a bank teller hostage outside of the capital one in takoma park, maryland. in a matter of minutes two years after that frightening morning bank employee diana vera is still recovering from the traumatic experience. >> it totally changed my life. >> reporter: she was in her office just to the right of the front door when the suspect walked in. she immediately sensed something was wrong. >> it had snowed that week. normally our customers would
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take off their hats and gloves and this person didn't. that's what caught my i'm. >> reporter: moments later 43- year-old carlos espinoza pulled out a gun demanding cash. diana was the only one present who spoke spanish and could communicate with him. >> a lot of people say it's a cliche, but your life literally does pass before your eyes. >> reporter: she says he yanked her by the hair and put a gun to her head. >> there are times i still feel, you know, that piece of metal. >> reporter: diana says she will never forget the chilling words he said to her. >> do as i say and you won't get killed. that really stuck with me. i kept repeating to him i have a grandson. i have a grandson. >> reporter: as employees scrambled to bring the robber a bag filled with cash police began arriving at the scene. >> he first saw we were surrounded, so i thought he would just kind of shoot me,
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shoot the other girl and shoot himself because he was not getting out of there. >> reporter: fortunately none of the victims lost their lives. espinoza grabbed a bank teller and held a gun to her head and walked her outside, but as he slipped on some ice, she took off running. police shot and killed him on the spot. diana said it was the thought of her family that helped her get through the ordeal, but ironically in the days and months that followed diana's trauma took its toll on her children and family as well. >> i was not ate. i of enclosed in my room. >> reporter: -- i was enclosed in my room. >> reporter: she didn't leave her house for three months. >> checking the windows making sure he's not out there where in my mind i know he's dead. they had to defend us, you know, and that's the only way they could do it, but i still
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feel sometimes that he's present. >> reporter: diana has not been able to return to this area since the incident two years ago. she still works for the bank but has been relocated to an office where she no longer works with the public. diana says she's still seeking closure. >> god forgive me for saying this, but i have not been able to forgive him. little by little i've tried to let go and it's been very hard. there are times where your mood is great. you're moving on. there are times where the days are not so great. >> reporter: she's found focusing on helping others through charity work to be therapeutic and she doesn't take anything for granted. >> our lives could have ended that day, but god said no. you're staying down there. you still have some work i need you to get done and that's what
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i'm doing, doing the best i can. >> reporter: lauren demarco, fox 5 news. up next president obama addresses the boy scouts ban on gay troop leaders, what he's saying ahead of the group's board meeting hearing this week. 
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this is fox 5 news at 10:00. president obama is speaking out about the boy scouts of america saying he supports the group allowing gay troop leaders. it comes as the scouts are considering ending a mandatory exclusion of gay members. >> my attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life and, you know, the scouts are great institution that are
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promoting young people and exposing them to opportunities and leadership that will serve people for the rest of their lives and i think that nobody should be barred for that. >> the boy scouts national executive board members are expected to discuss the policy change in a meeting tomorrow. so let's bring in our fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin. good to see you, mark. we do have a lot to talk about, but let's start with what the president said about the boy scouts. does this clearly cement him as a gay rights president and, if so, why take such a strong stand on this particular matter? it looks like we're having a bit of problems hearing you, mark. let's see if we can get your mic fixed here. can we get that worked out or -- >> you want me to try again?
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>> we can hear you now. let's try that again. mark, as i was saying, president obama clearly it seems to me is taking a stand here with gay issues. does this cement him as a gay rights president? >> i guess you could say that's true. he has confronted this issue more straightforwardly than anybody and he, i'm sure, thinks it's consistent with his policy in terms of the military. this is usually a subject matter that was not discussed or that politicians didn't really want to talk about. i understand from somebody who is close to the boy scout hierarchy that they very well might make a decision that isn't national in scope but lets each chapter make an individual decision, but in terms of his record this is a constituency that supported him overwhelmly during the general election and he believes in it and it's also a form of political payback. >> let's move on to another
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topic. the president will speak about gun control tomorrow in minnesota. ahead of that the white house released a picture earlier this week showing president obama skeet shooting at camp david in august. gun advocates are railing all over this. what's behind this picture? >> yeah. this was taken supposedly on august 4th which was his 51st birthday at camp david. he was asked in a magazine article previous to this picture about do you have a gun? do you ever use guns? he says yeah, i shoot skeet, clay pigeons every -- all the time. gun rights people don't believe this. they feel that it's similar to john kerry showing up in camoflauge. remember that ? two weeks before the 2004 election or their own party mitt romney saying yeah, i shoot small
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vermin, that this is a hyped contrived way to appeal to hunters but at the same time be gun control advocates. >> might this not alienate people who are opposed to guns as well? >> i think most consider it a political contrived situation, that it's just suspicious in nature. >> let's turn to local politics, the d.c. mayoral race, still a year away, but ward 6 council member tommy wells is expected to announce tomorrow he's forming an exploratory committee. what does he have to gain by doing this now? >> tommy wells is by far the long shot. also i must say that other as m bowser and jack evans who would like to announce exploratory committees or would like to run and are better known than tommy wells and probably be much better financed really would think it's i think in poor form
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or not really too classy to say something before the mayor's situation is resolved in terms of the u.s. attorney and usually you let the incumbent make the decision whether he wants to run impersonation but tommy wells wants to do everything -- run again, but tommy wells wants to do everything he can to distinguish himself tomorrow night in ward 8. >> mayor gray has said won't seek a second term, but given all that's happening with the federal investigation what scenario could play out here? >> there are two really, maureen. one is the mayor will not be charged and be free to run and might consider it a redemption to run even though i would say he would be very much damaged by this situation, or the worst scenario that he's charged and will have to resign and there will be a special election
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which means that everybody can vote, republicans and independents, while in the general election in 2014 that would really be the democratic primary would be tantamount to election and that surely would be a different dynamic. >> our last topic, we'll have to leave it at this, the maryland gubernatorial race, it looks like lieutenant governor anthony brown being elevated by governor martin o'malley. what sort of hurdle does he face? >> two. ken ulman, the coward county executive, but more important probably doug gansler with $5 million in the bank unopposed as attorney general and running for governor ever since he became state's attorney in montgomery county, but governor over male o'malley who is running for -- governor o'malley who is running for president at the same time wants to do everything he can to get his name out there.
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>> unfortunately we'll end it at that tonight, a lot to watch in the coming months and as always, thank you for your insight on all these topics. virginia state lawmakers hope a new bill will keep drones on the ground. the house courts of justice committee approved a bill prohibiting law enforcement from flying drones in the commonwealth until july, 2014 to give lawmakers time to develop regulations on drone use across the head. it will head to the full house for a final vote. blimplike aircraft called aerostats are making their way to washington d.c. designed to protect against terrorist attacks by monitoring miles of coverage with a 360-degree range system that can alert the military. they are 3/4 the size of a football field and come with a bigger price tag, 450 million bucks apiece. the aerostats are scheduled to arrive in september and will be tested in an undisclosed location up to three years. the funeral for former new
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york city mayor ed koch will take place monday. michael bloomberg is set to speak and israel's consul general. koch died friday at the age of 88 with congestive heart failure. sports is coming up tonight when the news returns. alex ovechkin plays host to the penguins. sports director scott smith is up next with sports. >> it's been a very cold night and a few flurries moving through the area. i'll have the details what you can expect in that seven-day forecast after the break. 
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huge game going on on the ice tonight. >> exactly right. got those rival penguins in town. the flyers had a nice little
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win on friday, hoping for maybe a sweep against the state of pennsylvania, but maybe they had other plans tonight. when the capitals and penguins meet on the ice, it means a little more for rivalry sake, but in the standings they are worlds apart, the pens leading the atlantic division and the caps at the bottom of their division, caps hoping to play above their record, 1st period trailing 1-0. mic green gets drilled, alex ovechkin with a big -- mike green gets drilled, alex ovechkin with a big turnover. game all square 1 high pressure 1. 2nd period caps -- 1-1. 2nd period caps trailing 2-1. tomas vokoun out of the net, a gift goal, 2-2. braden holtby gets beat, penguins up 3-2. 33 seconds later in the crease 4-2
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as sidney crosby gets it to chris kunitz. caps lose 6-3. afterwards the head coach was asked why he did not pull his goalie. >> there was a time where i thought about pulling him, but the guy has been very good for this franchise last year and i thought he earned the right to stay in there and fight through it and the guys rally around him and we had a really good 3rd period. some golf, waste management phoenix open, final round, phil mickelson began the day with a six-shot lead. lefty rolls in this birdie back to 24-under par. his competition brandt snedeker looking for a birdie of his own on six. he'd get as close as three shots behind lefty. on seven watch this putt from phil mickelson from 56 feet out, touches the fringe, down the slope heading to the cup with some steam, into the bottom it goes. the 42-year-old finishes at 28-
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under par four shot better than snedeker, lefty's 41st pga tour victory. of course, he's in front of a bunch of fans there, his home crowd, arizona state, where he went to school. and super bowl is coming to a wrap. coming up is your couch making you sick? chemicals in your sofa could save your life in a fire, but a new report claims they could be having serious health effects on your family, details next.  there is no mass-produced human. so we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. a collection of innovations designed around a bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. each of your bodies. our sleep professionals will help you find your sleep number setting. exclusively at a sleep number store. sleep number. comfort... individualized. at the ultimate sleep number event, queen mattresses start at just $599.
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there may be a behind health danger inside your couch. fire retardants in couches is such an enormous issue it affects almost every american. here's what i found during any investigation. -- during my investigation.
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in just a matter of seconds a couch is up in flames. fire retardants in the tomorrow delay ignition by 12 seconds, but -- in the foam delay ignition by 12 seconds, but there may be a high price to pay for those 12 seconds. according to a recent study published in the journal environmental science and technology, flame retardants known to cause myriad health effects are being used in products and other products to replace another toxic flame retardant phased out eight years ago because of health dangers associated with it. >> children are exposed to five times the level of what is considered safe and they actually exceed acceptable cancer risks within the first two years of life. >> reporter: joanna congleton senior scientist and toxicologist of the environmental working group say the chemicals include pbdes and
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chlorinated tris, the very chemical pulled from children's pajamas in 1977 because of concerns they may be mutogenic. >> it is absorbed through the skin. >> reporter: the various chemicals are found to disrupt a child's hormone function, disrupt the endocrine system and called neurological disorders, even autism. molly roush, a mother of three from d.c., is concerned. >> i'm supposed to be the one to make sure that my kids aren't exposed. this is not my job. i'm not a scientist. i'm not a regulator. someone else should be dealing with this. >> reporter: roush participated in the study conducted by researchers from duke, berkeley and boston universities. they gathered sofa cushion samples from across the country. roush sent one from her new
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couch. >> a year or so later i got an e-mail telling me that my couch contained chlorinated tris. >> reporter: fire retardants chemicals make up to 1 to 10% of your couch which is also found in nursing pillows, stroller seats and crib mattresses. >> this is where my kids sit every day. >> reporter: here's the problem. that liquid fire retardant turns to dust when it's in the tomorrow. every time you sit on your furniture, that chemical escapes from the tomorrow and attaches to the dust in your home. it can be absorbed through the skin, easily inhaled and ingested, especially by children crawling on the ground putting hands and toys in their mouths. >> when you have clear evidence of a health effect in animal studies and then you start to see these same associations turn up in the human population, that is certainly the red flag and it's time to
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really take a close look at the safety of your chemical and perhaps take action. >> reporter: no one from the american chemistry council would go on camera but issued the following statement. "tdcpe was voluntarily removed from children's pajamas in the 1970s in response to consumer concern and an abundance of caution. the public should know flame retardants are used in upholstered furniture and other products in homes to meet fire safety standards because they help slow the spread of fire and in a fire every second counts. it's also important to note flame retardants are subject to review by scientists at regulatory agencies. the most recent and comprehensive assessment of the chemical using all the best information available concludes that tdcpp gives no concern for human health in relation to its physic chemical properties." couch manufacturers are
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mandated by law to use the flame retardants in the tomorrow stuffing. it's a little known law in california known as technical bulletin 117 which says the couch must be able to withstand exposure to a small flame for 12 seconds without igniting. while the regulation applies only to california, manufacturers use it in all their products instead of just creating special furniture for the west coast. >> that's what's left of a couch after a couple minutes of burning. >> reporter: it's a huge concern for firefighters according to dave cook, fire marshal for laurel. >> i believe fire retardant is good. i believe they should use safe chemicals that doesn't affect the breathing of anyone that's involved in it before, after or during a fire that, they should fire other methods to make the fire retardants safer. >> reporter: there are no warning labels, so you don't know what chemicals are inside your couch. molly roush says it's time consumers are aware. >> even if i had wanted to make a choice about it, i wouldn't have been able to.
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blem is if you want a couch, you most likely don't have a choice. >> unfortunately because the use of flame retardants in furniture and other consumer products has become so commonplace this is very hard to avoid exposure. lightening things up here, talk about the weather. >> some changes on the way. >> we've had some really cold conditions. we have a warm-up coming eventually, but we have a little more snow first. some of you dealt with a little passing flurry into the course of today and a little yesterday as well. i guess it was a reminder we're still in the dead of winter more or less. we are dealing with a few clouds tonight, but we're seeing some clearing skies headed our way as well. we do have a few flurries, not a whole lot. also some morning slick spots on untreated surfaces due to the moisture in our atmosphere
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and another clipper monday, but a good warm-up in the later part of the week. if you're tired of this bitter cold weather, i don't like that bone chilling cold we've had to deal with. here's our satellite and radar composite, a few flurries pushing through. we had another little fast moving clipper system, a bit of a disturbance in the atmosphere. you can see a little to the south, north and wes of d.c. that's pretty -- west of d.c. that's pretty much what we'll deal with tonight. we have a frontal system as well to the west of us on our map, not a whole lot happening tonight in terms of snowfall. we'll see a few changes going into tomorrow. back to our weather map. temperatures have played a big role and it has been really cold, today's high only 35 degrees at reagan national, 33 at dulles and bwi thurgood marshall 34 degrees. pretty cold night ahead, currently 35 d.c., 32 baltimore
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and quantico, only 28 for hagerstown and martinsburg and 30 degrees at winchester this hour. we've been dealing with this colder air in place due to the jet stream dipping to the south of us, really not changing that much over the course of the next couple days. it will take a bit into the end of the week before we warm up. we've got another clipper system as we move into monday. these are pretty fast moving systems. we've had a series of them the last few days which has given us this light snow activity we've dealt with. a ridge of high pressure will start to move in, winds will pick up, a little gusty tonight. tomorrow will be more breezy. we'll start out with sunshine and later in the afternoon hours you can anticipate seeing some snow starting to move through. one of our models is showing it beginning a little into the late night about 11:00 or so, but a couple other models point to it starting a little closer into the afternoon hour, maybe close to the evening commute. it also looks like this particular band of snow that
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will come through will be a little more than what we've dealt with the past couple days. we'll have to watch it and see what happens in terms of accumulation, if we just go the an inch or maybe more. here's a look at futurecast. we're showing a little bit starting to push in about noon. as we get through this particular model wants to bring a little later in the evening hours and have it out of here by the early hours of tuesday morning. so we'll watch it. so the west we have a winter storm warning in effect, game allegheny front for gator, press upon and a winter storm watch 4 to 8 inches, blowing snow. in the city 24 degrees tonight, wind picking up. expect to see tomorrow 38 degrees with the westerly flow, partly sunny, cold and some light snow as we move into probably the early evening hours and then lingering through into the overnight brit said and gone by tuesday
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morning. -- before it's all said and gone by tuesday morning. we get back to warmer conditions in the later part of the week. we've got a 49 on there, not bad. >> thanks, gwen. the news edge at 11:00 is next. coming up when we return the gun debate is getting a lot of air time in the district. we'll look at a new controversial ad next on the news edge. i got it when we could download an hd movie in like two minutes. [ male announcer ] once you've got verizon fios -- america's fastest, most reliable internet -- you get it. but don't take our word for it, ask a real fios customer. ask me why fiber optics matters. ask me about the upload speeds. [ male announcer ] so, send a tweet, and get the real scoop from a real fios customer. supercharge your internet speeds. switch to fios online for only $94.99 a month and we'll triple your speed
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a new documentary is telling the story of a legendary nightclub where rock, pop, blues and jazz lived for decades. >> the bayou closed in 1998 after hosting thousands of shows and creating rock and roll memories for an untold number of music fans. >> now four filmmakers have put together a 90 minute documentary that takes you back. fox 5's paul wagner has the story. >> reporter: the bayou was in an old red brick building under the whitehurst freeway in
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georgetown where it began hosting dixieland jazz bands in the late '50s. by the mid-'60s the place was packing in music fans eager to hear the blues, rock and roll and even country. >> you couldn't have built the place with this sort of ambiance. it was dark, cavernous, raucous. >> reporter: bill scanlon, a former dj at 101 loved it there and when he heard the place was closing, he got inside with a camera. >> i think the film captures a piece of washington music history that is little known and certainly isn't spotlighted and yet was pretty vibrant, brought in national acts as well as very, very strong local players. >> reporter: the bayou is lawn gone torn down years ago -- long gone torn down years ago. in its place now is the lowe's theater where the documentary will premier. in the '60s, '70s, '80s and
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'90s if you wanted to see an up and coming rock and roll band, the bayou was the place to go. you could have seen duran duran for $3.50. the british band dire straits played the bayou just as sultan of swing was beginning its run up the charts packing fans in for a two night run. u2 hit the bayou stage as well opening for the slicky boys. >> they were nice guys all just like real young irish guys. they were hard to understand. >> reporter: mark noon, that's him in the bow fire loved playing there. there-- bow tie loved playing there. springsteen played the bayou at least once, a surprise appearance with long time friend robin thompson. >> there are some great forecasts, no video. >> reporter: the film is a labor of love for scanlon who put it together with three others the last 14 years or, so

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